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Preserving the Pine Ridge

Catastrophic wildfires have ravaged more than half of northwestern Nebraska’s pine forests. Land managers are making strides toward a more sustainable future. Where possible, land managers thin the forest in […]
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Impacts of Mountain Pine Beetles

The recent epidemic of Mountain Pine Beetles, which lasted from the late 1990s to about 2012, hit Colorado particularly hard. A Forest Service summary of impacts of this epidemic on Colorado examines […]
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New Way to Identify Devastating Pests

From Science: Researchers all over the world are trying a new approach to prevent costly damage to forests from invasive pests: planting “sentinel trees” from their own regions in distant nations […]
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FIRE-BIRD wildlife habitat tool

The FIRE-BIRD tool developed by RMRS researchers aims to help managers make better decisions for maintaining key wildlife habitat without sacrificing the economic viability to local communities. To learn more: […]
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Using Herbicides to Restore Native Species and Improve Habitat on Rangelands and Wildlands

Shannon L. Clark, Agricultural Biology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Invasive winter annual grasses are one of the largest threats to rangelands and wildlands in the western […]
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Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes

This interactive website includes information on upcoming storms, post-storm reports, and the latest research on weather and climate from our center. We also maintain a variety of tools for monitoring […]
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Moscow Forestry Sciences Laboratory

Click the link below for webinars, tools, and a wealth of information from the Moscow Forestry Sciences Laboratory at the Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://forest.moscowfsl.wsu.edu/
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Online Tamarisk Beetle Webinar

Hear from Ben Bloodworth, RiversEdge West’s Tamarisk Beetle Program Coordinator, as he discusses the history, release, and spread of the tamarisk beetle. History, Release, and Spread of the Tamarisk Beetle: […]
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Quantifying Pinyon-Juniper Reduction within North America’s Sagebrush Ecosystem

Documents patterns of conifer reduction across sage-grouse range over the past several years overlapping with concerted sage-grouse habitat restoration. They find total the area supporting tree cover decreased by 1.6%, […]
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Monitoring pinyon-juniper cover and aboveground biomass across the Great Basin

Even after 150 years of prior expansion, pinyon-juniper continue to replace shrublands and grasslands across the Great Basin. From 2000-2016, the amount of new pinyon-juniper ‘forest’ (>10% tree cover) increased […]
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